Time for some Art

We noticed that Calleigh likes picking up pens and scribbling on bits of paper (or anything and everything for that matter) so for Christmas we brought Calleigh some (age appropriate) felt tip pens and a big A2 sketching pad. 

The other day I plonked her down in front of the pad. She reached for the pens straight away and began scribbling.

Pens blurry because she was dotting like a mad woman

Her first work of art

Unfortunately it wasn't long until one of the pens made it's way into her mouth. It also happened to be when I had turned my back for a few seconds and didn't realise. 

Who Needs a Laugh?

Calleigh got the giggles the other day. 

No idea what she was laughing at but it must have been good. 

My girl has one crazy laugh!!

It brings me to tears every time I watch this, even better was Calleigh's face when she watched it. She turned all serious, shook her head and was not at all pleased with the amount of noise. Oh I do love my crazy little bean. 

Walking

A couple of weeks ago Calleigh took her first solo steps. At the time she was with Nanna and Grandad so we missed it :-( 

Since then we have been trying our hardest to get her confidence up to walk more. The other day she went mad walking around like she had been doing it for years. Unfortunately every time I tried to get a video of it she just shook her head at me and sat down, she obviously thought the world was not ready for her yet. 

Last night I finally managed to capture her walking! 

Soon she will be chasing poor Bianca around like there is no tomorrow..

I like on the video how Bianca soon runs away when she sees Calleigh haha 

Calleigh's Photobook

One of the Christmas presents I got Calleigh for Christmas was a photo book
(she will appreciate it when she is older).

I created the photo book using Truprint because I got 50% off from using Cow and Gate rewards on their growing up milk.

Truprint is powered by Snapfish so I was already a member and they are who I use for all my photo printing.

The Photo book I chose was an 8x8 square hard cover book, these are only £24.99, although you can add premium backgrounds and other extras such as a glossy finish for a little bit more.
I added a gloss finish to my book, I thought it would make it last better.

You can customise each page with how many photo's, background, text and even the orientation of the photo's. Each page can be completely different if you wanted it to but I stuck with the same theme throughout.

I am really happy with the finished product, It's a nice memento for Calleigh of her first year of life.

*apologies for the smudge on some of the photos, I gave Calleigh my camera the other day, apart from changing all the settings I was happy with she also appears to have got her fingers all over the lens, It was cute to watch though*



New Year

2013 is here and Calleigh celebrated with her Cats!

 

 

 

A few things we look forward to this year:

 

1. Finding out if we will be moving to St Louis

2. Seeing Calleigh walking and talking (She started walking last night, she went mad walking everywhere like she had been doing it for years, although she did look like she had drank too much haha).

 

And some New Years Resolutions:

 

1. Make more home cooked meals and eat as a family (I must admit I rely on Heinz meals too much).

2. Start being more social and take Calleigh to some toddler groups.

 

That's all.. I don't like to make resolutions as I find I never keep them, so only having 2 simple ones makes it easy to say "I kept to my resolutions".

 

Happy 2013 everyone!!

 



This Was Calleigh's Year: 2012

Wow, what a year this has been.

It has definitely been an interesting one.

Paul and I have been finding ourselves as first time parents and Calleigh has grown up so much .

 

It doesn't seem that long ago since we all saw the year 2012 in (well Calleigh fell asleep at 11:50pm so didn't technically see it in). I can't wait to see what next year has in store for us. One thing I am sure of is that Calleigh will continue to grow into a beautiful little angel drama queen!!

 

2012 was the year I started this blog for Calleigh and I am determined to continue it throughout 2013 hopefully after that too. Here are some of my past posts that mark important milestones of the past year.

 

Calleigh's first time in the snow

My first Mother's Day

Calleigh's first trip to skegness

An unusually warm couple of days in May

Calleigh's first holiday to St Louis, Missouri

 her first steps

her first Halloween

 A trip to Copenhagen

A trip to Ipswich

 her first Birthday

Meeting Santa for the first time

And a very Merry Christmas.

 

I hope you all have a very Happy New Year!!

 

Calleigh and I celebrating last year